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...that the largest single-aperture telescope ever to be constructed is the Arecibo Observatory located near the city by the same name in Puerto Rico?

...that Puerto Rico had official coins minted and in circulation in 1898, and that extant samples of these coins in pristine condition are extremely valuable?

...that Major General Luis R. Esteves, the first Puerto Rican to graduate from West Point, graduated first in his class, which included Dwight D. Eisenhower and Omar Bradley?

...that the Puerto Rican Spindalis is the national bird of Puerto Rico and often participates in mobbing, a behavior in which it attacks predators to defend hatchlings?

...That on May 6, 2004, Joseph M. Acaba became the first person of Puerto Rican descent to become an astronaut and on that on the Fall of 2008, the first to to go into space?

...that world renowned religious minister and member of the Honorary Committee of The Presidential Prayer Team, Rev. Nicky Cruz was once the leader of a notorious New York City street gang called The Mau Maus?

...that in the classic academy award-winning film West Side Story, the only actual Puerto Rican casted was Rita Moreno?

...that John Ruiz was the first Hispanic world Heavyweight boxing champion?

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